Smith Alford

American football player and coach
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroAmerican football player and coach
PlacesUnited States of America
isAthlete Baseball player American football player
Work fieldSports
Gender
Male
Death20 February 1949
The details

Biography

Smith E. Alford (c. 1877 – February 20, 1949) was an American college football player and coach. He played football at Kentucky State College—now known as the University of Kentucky—from 1893 to 1896, playing quarterback and captaining the 1895 Kentucky State College Blue and White football team. The following year, he moved to halfback and was also an assistant coach for the team. In 1897, Alford moved on to Washington and Lee University to study law and played for Washington and Lee Generals football team. Alford served as the head football coach at Geneva College in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania for one season, in 1904, compiling a record of 1–4–2.

Alford later coached football at Flushing High School in Flushing, New York. He was also a construction contractor in Queens. Alford died on February 20, 1949, in Flushing, New York.

Head coaching record

College

YearTeamOverallConferenceStandingBowl/playoffs
Geneva Covenanters (Independent)
1904Geneva1–4–2
Geneva:1–4–2
Total:1–4–2
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